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No dig diary, 6th February 2024: New beds

Posted on February 6, 2024 by james

I need to get cracking on the new beds in the veggie plot as I have strawberry plants that really need to be planted out. I received them before Christmas and had to plant them into pots because I didn’t … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 5th February 2024

Posted on February 5, 2024 by james

I want to make some new no dig beds for cutting flowers, edible flowers and strawberries, so today I mowed the grass short and started marking out where they’re going to go. The next stage will be to cover the … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 30th September 2021

Posted on November 11, 2021 by james

Evidence of what I believe is damage by deer in the veggie plot… These swedes look as though something heavy has laid down in the bed and crushed the leaves. And my red chard has been eaten down to the … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 26th March 2021

Posted on March 26, 2021 by james

The no dig strawberry bed is now complete! I went through all the runners that we rooted last year and picked out the ones that were already showing signs of life, planting them down the left and centre of the … Continue reading →

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No dig diary, 24th March 2021

Posted on March 24, 2021 by james

My wife wanted our strawberry plants to be in a raised bed (which does make them easier to pick), but I’ve struggled to come up with any ideas that weren’t going to cost an arm and a leg to set … Continue reading →

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